Brandon Regional Hospital to Conduct Surgical Weight Loss Seminar

Brandon, Florida (November 7, 2013) – Brandon Regional Hospital is conducting weight loss seminars in 2013. Weight loss seminars are scheduled to be held on or about the last Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm in the Oakfield Medical Plaza, Classroom B, Suite 260. The next seminar will be held on Thursday, November 21.

Brandon Regional Hospital invites the public to receive information on how to lose weight, reduce or eliminate the risk of diabetes, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and even possibly resolve sleep apnea and acid reflux or GERD. The program will be presented by physicians who will discuss sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic gastric bypass and gastric banding.

Brandon Regional Hospital is a proud member of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services. BRH is a 398-acute care facility which includes a 25-bed Behavioral Health Center. BRH holds the following certifications:

· The first hospital in Hillsborough County to receive accreditation as a Chest Pain Center with PCI from The Society of Chest Pain Centers.

· The three star award for excellence in cardiac surgery – the highest award given by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

· Certification as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.

· The Bariatric Center of Excellence award by the American Society of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

· The Brandon Regional Hospital Echocardiography Lab has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in the area of adult transthoracic by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL).

In addition, BRH offers quality patient care services including:

· The Women’s Center at Brandon Regional Hospital, which includes The Baby Suites, Level III NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), and new in-patient rooms for gynecology and anti-partum patients.

· The Reflux Center, which has developed a comprehensive approach for the diagnosis and treatment of acid reflux disease by combining highly skilled physicians and the latest technology to provide effective solutions.

· The Behavioral Health Center a 25 bed unit which emphasizes the importance of instilling hope with group and individual psychotherapy, medication assessment, psycho-educational group, family support and education groups, and interventions designed to guide the mind, body, and spirit to recovery.

Brandon Regional Hospital has recently initiated a program to only perform elective deliveries at 39 weeks gestation unless medically indicated. Although this initiative is becoming wide-spread throughout the nation, Brandon Regional Hospital and HCA implemented this initiative before it became a national movement.

Brandon Regional Hospital is located at 119 Oakfield Drive, Brandon, Florida 33511. For more information contact Patricia Montgomery, 813-571-5105 or go to BrandonRegionalHospital.com.